Tag Archives: analytics

This blog is prompted by two things – a debate on social media concerning RevPAR (revenue per available room) and reports from the recent HOSPACE conference (which focuses on technology in the hospitality industry) also expressing concerns about this metric. … Continue reading →

Having recently blogged about digital transformation (i.e. IoT and AI), it begs the question how data analysts fit into the typical organisation. Piva (2016), on his blog, suggests that there are four ways this is happening: “Centralised” – analytics is … Continue reading →

This Insight is different to most. Instead of focusing one one operation, it focuses on the topic of ‘big data’ and identifies a few examples of how this technology is being adopted across a range of industry sectors. Google – … Continue reading →

Management textbooks, whether they be about strategy, operations, marketing or H.R., are full of ‘tools’ that an organisation might use in order to succeed. Such tools include mission statements, SWOT analysis, competitor and market analysis, budgeting, goals and objectives, performance … Continue reading →

The so-called fourth industrial revolution is based on the transformative effect that digitisation is having on how businesses operate. Smart technologies and digital communication means that a large amount of data can be generated about the performance of nearly every … Continue reading →

Four aspects of digital technology drive change, according to Deloitte (here), all of which we have blogged about in the last few months. Mobile technology – the adoption of wearables will continue wireless traffic’s double digit growth. Cloud computing – … Continue reading →

Since I’ve blogged about analytics (9 October) and the ten types of innovation (10 October), I found this piece by Tom Davenport. It neatly tied these two concepts together. Davenport identifies that the use of analytics is of itself the innovation, … Continue reading →

Previously we have blogged (28 August) about Capgemini’s Digital Transformation Review, which provides insights as to how companies are using digital technologies to transform their business model and operations. This consulting company also has a number of more in-depth insights … Continue reading →